The 13th Plate

Artist of the Day: Aphilas

Aphilas is a duo from Helsinki, Finland. They make sample based instrumental hip hop.

They have released “Instrumentally Ill EP” (2003) and “Prisoners of the Planet” (2006) on the Internet. They have also had some kind of record deal with the label merck and “Instrumentally Ill” is also released on vinyl. “Prisoners of the Planet” was to be released on merck as well, but merck closed their doors and this didn’t happen (Last.fm, 2010). 

You can listen to Aphilas’ music at: 

http://www.last.fm/music/Aphilas

Released Albums: 

Aphilas - Instrumentally III EP

Reference: 

(2010). Aphilas. Last.fm. Retrieved from

http://www.last.fm/music/Aphilas

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Artist of the Day: Cheju

Cheju is Wil Bolton, London-based composer and producer of experimental melodic electronica, and co-owner of Boltfish Recordings. His style is a mixture of warm synth tones, crunchy broken beats, and layered atmospheric textures (Last.fm, 2010). 

You can listen to Cheju’s music at: 

http://www.last.fm/music/Cheju

Released Albums: 

Cheju - As The Leaves Turn EP

Cheju - A Year Apart EP

Cheju - Forked Mountain EP

Cheju - Rorschach EP

Cheju - Sliding Window EP

Cheju - Taito-Ku EP

Cheju - Transparencies EP

Cheju - Despite All Resolutions

Cheju - Pica

Cheju - Shifting Focus EP

Cheju - Diode

Cheju - Foil EP

Cheju - Magnesium EP

Cheju - Trip Switch EP

Cheju - Hutton EP

Cheju - Brancaster EP

Cheju - Broken Waves

Cheju - Waiting For Tomorrow

Reference: 

(2010). Cheju. Last.fm. Retrieved from

http://www.last.fm/music/Cheju

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Artist of the Day: Eleven Tigers

Eleven Tigers (real name Jokūbas Dargis) is a Dubstep producer from Lithuania, who started out self-distributing his tracks through such channels as dubstepforum.com or sub.fm. After he was discovered by the “godmother” of dubstep, Mary Anne Hobbs, who played ‘Prosthesis’ on her ‘Experimental’ show on BBC Radio 1, he started performing live. His first LP ‘Clouds Are Mountains’ was released 05 June 2010 (Last.fm, 2010). 

You can listen to Eleven Tigers’ music at: 

http://www.last.fm/music/eleven+tigers

Released Albums: 

Eleven Tigers - Clouds Are Mountains

Reference: 

(2010). Eleven Tigers. Last.fm. Retrieved from

http://www.last.fm/music/eleven+tigers

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Artist of the Day: 9th Cloud

Turntable’s spinning to the warm intonations of A Tribe Called Quest, Cam, and Pete Rock… 9th Cloud progressed with the supplementary emotional dimension discovered via the blues, trip hop, DJ Shadow and Krush , and in the end-result, found its residence in Abstract hip hop .

9th Cloud mixes and composes in a spontaneous and creative manner, highlighted with groove, nourished by tone’s within jazz and funk; music offering incredible possibilities to spontaneous creations and interpretations.

A gloomy yet smiley approach of Abstract hip hop; without having any pretension of re-inventing the genre, this work gives off a particular state-of-mind through hypnotic vibrations.

9th Cloud proposes its interpretation, purely and surprisingly, just like he wishes to reproduce during his live sets (Last.fm, 2010).

You can listen to 9th Cloud’s music at: 

http://www.last.fm/music/9th+Cloud

Released Albums: 

9th Cloud - Delicate Sound

9th Cloud - A Monkey In a Yellow Hat

Reference: 

(2010). 9th Cloud. Last.fm. Retrieved from

http://www.last.fm/music/9th+Cloud

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Artist of the Day: Ginormous (producer)

Ginormous is the music of artist Bryan Konietzko. This work isn’t consciously part of any specific movement, and pledges no allegiance to any particular genre. On that same note, Ginormous doesn’t stand in defiance of any form of music. Rather, it is a love letter to music itself. 

The artist is using the medium as an attempt to tap a direct conduit in his biggest, most potent and varied emotions. In this way, the creation of the music acts as a sort of self-help therapy.  In the spirit of this, Mr. Konietzko keeps this music like a daily journal, and plans on a schedule of one-album-a-year, as long as that remains possible.

As can be expected, the tones and languages of the music will certainly evolve throughout these yearly editions. The artist couldn’t hope for anything less, as this isn’t a career, but an undertaking of personal and emotional anthropology (Last.fm, 2010).

You can listen to Ginormous’ music at: 

http://www.last.fm/music/Ginormous

Released Albums: 

Ginormous - At Night, Under Artificial Light

Ginormous - The Sound of Love Impermanent

Ginormous - Our Ancestor’s Intense Love Affair

Ginormous - The Endless Procession

Reference: 

(2010). Ginormous. Last.fm. Retrieved from

http://www.last.fm/music/Ginormous

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